1. | Jun 26, 2014

Yes, and they will most likely give you befitens to take care of that child. If it's an actual divorce, they will not claim her. However, if you're not divorced, you may have to claim her as your dependent too. Either way, best to hurry and join now because we are starting to down size. Means less acceptance.

2. | May 26, 2014

Oh, the Bush Administration was focused, ok on Iraq!Changes in crleuuts don't happen overnight.How people treat their women and children and seniors, vary from culture to culture. You don't win points by telling people what to do. You can encourage and reward good behaviour. You can get the government of that country to pass laws protecting different groups. But you can't baby-sit an entire culture. I'm not saying abandon them when/if we pull out. But, in the end, Afghanistani's have to support that change. And you're talking about an ancient tribal country.' They won't make the change overnight.In the end, I'm not sure what to do, other than encourage those that want to leave to go ahead and leave. But where to? And with what support system when they get there? It's not like that part of the world has a plethora of countries with stellar womens rights backgrounds. Look at the Saudi's.Over here? I don't think in our current political environment, you can convince conservatives to allow Muslim women to come to the US. Look at the battles back in the day over allowing Vietnamese families to come here. Maybe I'm wrong about the conservatives. I just don't think so.And besides, we have our own issues with women right here in this country.We passed the Ledbetter Law just last year. And that was only 90 years after giving women here the right to vote.Options for choice get narrower every year. Hell, you have groups out there who want to limit peoples options for birth control working the state legislatures all over the country right now.And you recently had people working in the medical and pharmaceutical fields wanting the option of not selling birth control pills and prophylactics, or telling women of other options.We have our own American Taliban that we have to deal with.BTW Please don't tell me that any members of the American Taliban are arguing to stay in Afghanistan to protect the women there. I couldn't stand a dose of that level of hypocrisy.In the end, though, it's the law of unintended consequences. Before you do something, you need to think it through thoroughy. Obviously, we didn't. And no matter what we do, stay or leave fully, or only partially withdraw, it will be, as it always was before, the women and children who suffer.You need to think about these things before you unleash the dogs of war, like some people are clammoring for in Iran. Look before you leap. Then look again, and again, and again I would like to hear what other think we can, or should do.

3. | Jan 31, 2014

Chief,Yes it is a shame we did not get more time to work together but smemtioes you need to go home, when it is your turn. 4/2 had their issues but they also performed well on many missions.

4. | Jan 30, 2014

Ha ha ha ha!!! You need to find and post This Old B-Hut . Also I should send you some links to the Afghan diaropsa music videos with really hot women singers to provide some balance. I would write that your blog is always pleasant to read, but there is so much bad news. I make a point of recommending it as a good starting point for people deploying to Afghanistan (or the Stan, as I am told they call it now). It is a shame we didn't work together more in country. I hope you found 4-2-203 adequately prepared/trained when you arrived.Sincerely,Chief Walgreen

5. | Jan 1, 2014

Ha ha ha ha!!! You need to find and post This Old B-Hut . Also I should send you some links to the Afghan dpraiosa music videos with really hot women singers to provide some balance. I would write that your blog is always pleasant to read, but there is so much bad news. I make a point of recommending it as a good starting point for people deploying to Afghanistan (or the Stan, as I am told they call it now). It is a shame we didn't work together more in country. I hope you found 4-2-203 adequately prepared/trained when you arrived.Sincerely,Chief Walgreen

6. | Dec 31, 2013

that he thought it was the fenuinst thing.But with more than 400 40mm cannon and 100 105mm howitzer rounds on target, and more than 200 of the enemy killed, Black quickly was dubbed the angel of death by her Afghan counterparts.Black said the Afghan general dialed into the Taliban frequency and told the enemy, America is so determined, they bring their women to kill the Taliban. It is the angel of death' raining fire upon you. For her actions, Black was one of six Airmen to receive the first Air Force Combat Action Medal in a ceremony in front of the Air Force Memorial in Washington. She was the first Air Force woman to receive a combat medal.Then Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley, spoke of Black and her fellow recipients: The medal ties the Airmen of today engaged with enemy hostiles to the legacy of courage, valor service and sacrifice that our predecessors left us. These Airmen, like all Airmen, stand on the shoulders of giants like Billy Mitchell, Arnold, Chennault, Doolittle, Lemay and Schriever. He concluded by saying, Today we recognize these six amazing Airmen for their combat roles as warriors wielding the air power bequeathed to us by these giants. Following the ceremony, Black told the audience, It's a great honor anytime you're recognized for your efforts, but I don't look at it as heroic. I'm proud to represent all of the Airmen who will receive this award. Since that day in 2001 that established Black's legacy, she has become a master navigator with more than 1,500 flying hours and 540 combat hours during Operation Enduring Freedom.During a recent CNN interview with Black, concerning the president's announcement to open all military career fields to women, she commented that, I think it there's going to be the standard and the standard needs to remain the same. You need to be physically, mentally and technically capable to do whatever job it is. And if you can meet those standards, bring it. You know, gender aside, we have to prepare our forces for the future fight. And it's dynamic. It's evolving, everchanging. So introducing women into those key roles will be might be that critical punch we need to deliver to the future enemy. An example that the Afghan general back in 2001 predicted for women of his own country: Look at what America allows their women to do.FORT MEADE, Md. (AFNS) It was less than 90 days after Sept. 11, 2001, and nerves were still raw. Capt. Allison Black had landed in Uzbekistan just hours earlier and was headed towards her first combat mission in Afghanistan. A C130H gunship navigator assigned to the 1st Special Operations Group, her assignment was to plot routes, communicate with ground forces and identify targets in the darkness below.Bearded special forces soldiers were traveling on horseback armed with intelligence gained from Afghan Northern Alliance soldiers and Black and her crew were there to use high caliber rounds to create a problem for the Taliban.The gunship had begun to take antiaircraft fire from the Taliban, even though they had initially destroyed a bank of rocket launchers and several enemy trucks. With help from the Northern Alliance, and their general, Abdul Rashid Dostum, they identified a nearby safehouse hiding more than 200 Taliban and al Qaida soldiers.As they approached their target, Black's voice shattered the silence over the special forces soldiers' field radios. The Northern Alliance general was in disbelief when he heard a woman's voice over the radio: A woman, sent to kill the Taliban. Black said that he thought it was the fenuinst thing.But with more than 400 40mm cannon and 100 105mm howitzer rounds on target, and more than 200 of the enemy killed, Black quickly was dubbed the angel of death by her Afghan counterparts.Black said the Afghan general dialed into the Taliban frequency and told the enemy, America is so determined, they bring their women to kill the Taliban. It is the angel of death' raining fire upon you. For her actions, Black was one of six Airmen to receive the first Air Force Combat Action Medal in a ceremony in front of the Air Force Memorial in Washington. She was the first Air Force woman to receive a combat medal.Then Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley, spoke of Black and her fellow recipients: The medal ties the Airmen of today engaged with enemy hostiles to the legacy of courage, valor service and sacrifice that our predecessors left us. These Airmen, like all Airmen, stand on the shoulders of giants like Billy Mitchell, Arnold, Chennault, Doolittle, Lemay and Schriever. He concluded by saying, Today we recognize these six amazing Airmen for their combat roles as warriors wielding the air power bequeathed to us by these giants. Following the ceremony, Black told the audience, It's a great honor anytime you're recognized for your efforts, but I don't look at it as heroic. I'm proud to represent all of the Airmen who will receive this award. Since that day in 2001 that established Black's legacy, she has become a master navigator with more than 1,500 flying hours and 540 combat hours during Operation Enduring Freedom.During a recent CNN interview with Black, concerning the president's announcement to open all military career fields to women, she commented that, I think it there's going to be the standard and the standard needs to remain the same. You need to be physically, mentally and technically capable to do whatever job it is. And if you can meet those standards, bring it. You know, gender aside, we have to prepare our forces for the future fight. And it's dynamic. It's evolving, everchanging. So introducing women into those key roles will be might be that critical punch we need to deliver to the future enemy. An example that the Afghan general back in 2001 predicted for women of his own country: Look at what America allows their women to do. One day our country will have similar freedoms.

7. | Jun 13, 2013

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8. | May 20, 2013

"...because according to my Blogger Dashboard, the same monaietrdg/captcha requirements should be in place on all my blogs."I just commented at SBP and while I had to log into my Google account and received the Your comment will be visible after approval. message, I didn't have to translate weird code-words.Ooohhmm. Sending out SPAM-blocking karma.Ooohhmm.